MTV announced today announced that its 2022 Video Music Awards will air live in more than 170 countries on Sunday, August 28, from New Jersey’s Prudential Center.
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Squid Game, has revealed that he is working on a “violent” new project.During his appearance at the MIPTV festival in Cannes on Monday (April 4), Hwang shared that he is working on a new movie with the working title Killing Old People Club or K.O. Club.According to Variety, the director and screenwriter said that the upcoming project would be “another controversial film” from him.
Killing Old People Club, which Hwang has reportedly written a 25-page treatment for, is said to be inspired by the work of Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco.Hwang also teased that the forthcoming film “will be more violent than Squid Game“. Notably, the Netflix K-drama followed a group of characters as they competed in a series of deadly games for a large cash prize.At the MIPTV festival, the South Korean director also opened up about meeting and receiving praise from Steven Spielberg, who he had met at last month’s AFI Awards Luncheon.“Steven Spielberg told me ‘I watched your whole show in three days and now I want to steal your brain!’,” recounted Hwang.
“It was like the biggest compliment I ever got in my life because he’s my film hero. I grew up watching his movies.” Late last month, the legendary Hollywood director faced backlash after referring to the cast of Squid Game as “unknown people” at a PGA Awards panel.
“A long time ago it was domestic stars that brought the audience into movies,” Spielberg said. “Today, it’s interesting, unknown people can star [in] entire miniseries [and] can be in movies.”In related news, Hwang has also shared to the media that he has yet to write the script for the much-anticipated second season of Squid Game.
“I have to work on season 2. Hopefully, I can show it to the fans by the end of 2024,” he
.MTV announced today announced that its 2022 Video Music Awards will air live in more than 170 countries on Sunday, August 28, from New Jersey’s Prudential Center.
Apple continues attracting high-profile talent for their original films and series after being the first streaming platform to win Best Picture at the Oscars for “CODA.” Their television division continues to grow with some quality original content and they’ve landed yet another popular actor after securing folks in the past such as Gary Oldman (“Slow Horses“), Tom Hiddleston (“Essex Serpent“), Jason Momoa (“Chief of War“), and Elisabeth Moss (“Shining Girls“).
Jessica Chastain is hard at work on her project!
tragedy around those involved with the film. Based on the 1949 memoir, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, by writer Maria von Trapp, The Sound of Music tells the story of free-spirited nun Maria and how she became governess and mother to seven young children. It hit the big screen in 1965 and has become a much-loved and favourite movie of generations ever since, reports the Daily Star.
Julianne Hough raises her champagne glass in a toast to her new Broadway play POTUS while attending a celebration following the first preview performance.
Self Contained: Pandemic Era Works are focused solely on lone figures — from the confident young hunk “Isaac,” who strikes a thoroughly relaxed pose to the startled bug-eyed boy clearly not ready for his zoomed-in closeup in the aptly titled “Shockwave.”Other paintings depict figures from the fringes of mainstream society, including one who is quite literally self-contained. Yet “The Marriage of Bubble Boy” is even more striking and intriguing given the larger context, specifically the world-building narrative scene of a royal proceeding in which no one looks even the slightest bit happy about all the pomp and circumstance, least of all the purple-hued, ennui-riddled titular figurehead.The opening reception is Saturday, April 16, from 4 to 6 p.m.
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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefLee Jung-jae, the lead star of Netflix hit series “Squid Game” will be at the Cannes Film Festival this year with the world premiere of his feature directing debut “Hunt.”The film (aka “Namsun”) will be presented next month in the Cannes festival’s Midnight Screening section. Two other films will receive midnight screenings: “Fumer Fait Tousser,” by Quentin Dupieux and Moonage Daydream,” by Scott Morgen. The bulk of the festival’s Offical Selection was announced Thursday at a press event in Paris.“Hunt” is a 1980s-set Korean-language spy thriller that Lee got caught up in after buying the rights and rewriting the screenplay.
Salma Hayek has joined Channing Tatum in Warner Bros. Magic Mike’s The Last Dance, replacing Thandiwe Newton, who had to step away from the project for personal reasons.
Wilson Chapman editorAfter hopping back on the Holiday movie train last year, CBS’ is taking it full steam ahead in 2022. The Eye network is expanding its presence in the lucrative holiday-themed film genre, ordering three new holiday themed projects set to air this December: “When Christmas Was Young,” “Fit For Christmas” and “Must Love Christmas.”“When Christmas Was Young” is described by CBS as a music-themed film set in Nashville, focusing on a music manager who attempts to secure the rights for a Christmas song that a failed singer-songwriter wrote years ago.
Squid Game creator, director and writer Hwang Dong-hyuk and actor Park Hae-soo joined TV editor Peter White for Deadline’s annual Contenders Television at Paramount Studios to discuss what fans might expect from the upcoming sophomore season of the Korean dystopian drama.
The trailer for the sequel to 365 Days has been released by Netflix!
Squid Game actress Jung Ho-yeon is set to star in the upcoming A24 film The Governesses alongside Lily-Rose Depp and others.Jung will appear in the forthcoming film alongside Lily-Rose Depp (2018’s A Faithful Man), who is the daughter of actors Vanessa Paradis and Johnny Depp, and award-winning Norwegian actress Renate Reinsve (2021’s The Worst Person In The World). The specifics of the trio’s roles have yet to be announced.The Governesses will be the second film Joe Talbot will direct for A24, having made his directorial debut with the studio in 2019 with the critically acclaimed The Last Black Man In San Francisco.The Governesses is based on the 1992 novel of the same name by French writer Anne Seree, which was translated into English for the first time in 2018.
Apparently, Scott Disick has an update on his love life!
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefKorean-made series have continued to dominate viewership on Netflix, following on from the breakout successes of “Squid Game” and “Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha” in 2021.For ten of the 13 weeks in the first quarter so far this year, Korean shows have held top spot in Netflix’s global non-English series ranking. Romantic comedy “Business Proposal” is currently the top non-English series for the third week in a row (March 28-April 3, 2022), and is Netflix’s third-ranking series of all origins, behind only “Bridgerton” (seasons 1 and season 2) with over 32 million watch hours.“Business Proposal” has played particularly strongly in Asia, ranking as the top series in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam and in second place in India and Sri Lanka in the last week.
Hwang Dong-hyuk, the creator of the smash hit Netflix series Squid Game, is opening up about his next project!
Following the hit Netflix series “Squid Game,” Korean director/creator Hwang Dong-Hyuk has certainly been placed in the spotlight. The director has seemingly already made a deal with the streaming giant to return for a second season as CEO Ted Sandros indicated the series was moving forward during an earnings interview in January.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent“Squid Game” director Hwang Dong-Hyuk said he’s developing “Killing Old People Club,” a new film inspired by a novel penned by Umberto Eco, the revered Italian intellectual and essayist. Speaking during a session at MipTV along with his producer Jun Young Jang at February Films, Dong-Hyuk revealed he has already penned a 25-page treatment about the project which will surely be “another controversial film,” he said. “It will be more violent than ‘Squid Game,'” teased Dong-Hyuk, adding that he might have to hide from old people after the film comes out.